Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on conducting tests identified by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority as critical before the implementation of mitochondrial transfer regulations.
The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority has said that “The further experiments that the panel has recommended could take place before or after the techniques are made lawful”, and this is endorsed by the Expert Panel. Good progress is being made on the experiments and the scientists involved hope to provide an update shortly.